So, as a proud European, I enjoy my ability to speak multiple languages, and there are two thing GBoard does well:
- Word suggestions in multiple languages - it is common for me to switch between my native language, Portuguese, and English, so when writing, GBoard fetches words to fill what I’m currently writing from both dictionaries, not just the one that is active.
- Japanese in a QWERTY layout - when I need to write in Japanese, I can switch the language to Japanese with QWERTY, so that when I write “ka”, it shows “か”
I’ve tried a bunch of keyboards, but they either miss one or the other feature. Do you guys know of an alternative? Thanks in advance!
I think both Heliboard and the FUTO keyboard should work well for you. The FUTO keyboard just works noticeably better, and also has its own voice input.
Both support multilingual typing, so in can also scrivere un po’ in Italiano, oder auch ein bisschen Deutsch, without even switching the keyboard’s language.
FUTO is a US based organisation, but I don’t care and maybe neither should you. Their keyeboard is open source and is so private that it does not even require an internet permission (Which even becomes slightly annoying when you have to download extra dictionaries by hand).